We Were Always Here Launch
Darren O’Connor designed Ireland’s first permanent LGBTQ+ exhibition at Cork Public Museum, which launched on 18 August 2026…
Creative Communities Grant
Invited by Cork LGBT Archive, Darren will lead participatory co-design workshops with Cork LGBTQ+ community members, they will be invited to contribute to the design of the first permanent LGBTQ+ Exhibition in Ireland, in Cork Public Museum…
Lord Puttnam Scholarship
Darren O’Connor was selected as one of eight recipients of the 2026 Lord David Puttnam Scholarship at UCC…
Open House Europe Summit 2025
Ailbhe was invited to speak on a panel for the Open House Summit in Dublin. The panel explored the transformative potential of participatory democracy in design and urban planning in Europe’s cities…
INTERREG NWE Consortium Funding
Cork Community Land Trust, as part of a transnational North West European consortium, is the recipient of Interreg NWE funding…
Stove Network Exchange
Ailbhe had the pleasure of visiting the Stove Network in Dumfries, Scotland as part of the Workhouse Union exchange…
‘A Place Belongs Forever To’ Symposium
Ailbhe was invited to speak on a panel for A Place Belongs Forever To, presented by the Irish Architecture Foundation…
Headway x Slow Camera Exchange Zine Launch
Headway in collaboration with Ailbhe Cunningham & The Slow Camera Exchange marked the end of a 20 week long creative exploration…
Warp & Weft
Ailbhe co-facilitated a Community Co-Design workshop at Workhouse Union with artist Brianna Hurley as part of the Warp & Weft project…
Research Ireland Award
Ailbhe has been awarded multi year funding to undertake PhD research at TUDublin - investigating the role of community engaged processes and situated spatial knowledge in the design and renovation of multi-unit housing schemes in Ireland…
Dereliction & Vacancy Elective SABE TUDublin
This Elective builds on a prototype ArcGIS Storymap developed by SABE MArch students in Semester 01…
Arts in Context Award
Invited by Headway Ireland, Ailbhe will lead an Inclusive Urban Exploration through Art and Architecture that empowers adults with Acquired brain injuries…
As an gCeo Exhibition
Darren O’Connor exhibited as part of As an gCeo at Solstice Arts Centre in 2024…
Architecture Bursary Award
Ailbhe is the recipient of the Arts Council’s Architecture Bursary award 2024…
IAF Architects in Schools
Guided by Ailbhe & Darren, Transition Year students in Coláiste Eamonn Rís explored alternate possibilities for car parking spaces…
Type Invited Contributor
Ailbhe is an invited contributor to ‘Present Tense', an online article series aimed at uncovering perspectives and opinions from experts…
ABC Culture Conference
As part of Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council’s inaugural conference…
Town Ecologies
Darren was selected to take part in Town Ecologies, a community and design research project in Goresbridge, Co. Kilkenny…
IDI Graduate Awards
Darren O’Connor was recognised at the IDI Graduate Awards 2023 in Belfast, where Ferim Chléire won the Architecture category…
What Buildings Do Podcast
Emmett Scanlon talks to Ailbhe Cunningham and Inka Drohn. Ailbhe is an architect based in Cork…